The major assignment for this week is to compose a 900-word essay on a central theme that appears in one of the selected readings: Candide or Faust.
Select one of the following questions to respond to. The answer to the question you select should serve as the thesis to your paper. This thesis should be included in an introductory paragraph.The paragraphs following the introduction should support and defend this thesis by analyzing and discussing specific examples and quotations from the reading you selected.Review the academic articles you located in W2 Assignment 2. Select at least one of these articles to incorporate into your paper as additional evidence in support of your argument.Provide a concluding paragraph that summarizes the key points of your paper.
Questions:
Decisions and consequences in Faust: Goethe’s Faust is driven by the decision of its central character to sell his soul to the devil and the consequences that arise. What is Faust’s motivation? What drives him to make this deal? What does he hope to gain? What ultimately are the consequences of his actions?
Character development in Candide: Voltaire’s character, Candide, is naïvely innocent to the corruptness of the world, and, as he comes of age, he struggles to remain optimistic. During his travels, Candide witnesses horrific acts of cruelty, natural disasters, and experiences human suffering. Afterwards, he questions the existence of a benevolent God. Given his experiences, does Candide remain optimistic at the end of the novel? How does his understanding of world and life change throughout the novel?Proofread your paper to ensure that the
Thesis is clear and well focused and the introduction includes all the necessary informationDiscussion of evidence includes quotes, paraphrase, or summary and synthesizes this material and your ideasConclusion is appropriate and reinforces the paper’s main ideas without repeating the introduction word for wordEssay is formatted in APA style throughout, it uses appropriate grammar, spelling and mechanics, and quoted material does not exceed 25% of the paper.Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
This APA formatting handout will help you set up your essay using APA style..
Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsWrote a complete introduction that engages your classmates’ interest, explains the topic, provides a detailed thesis that identifies your argument, briefly states the main evidence, and maps the paper for your audience.
10Used key passages and quotations from the text to support and defend your thesis. Supporting examples and quotations are fully analyzed. The link between the thesis and the evidence is clearly explained.
20Examined in your essay’s discussion what the text suggests about the culture, philosophies or ideologies that influenced it.10Outside sources are effectively incorporated into the paper.
10Organized the paper effectively with unified paragraphs, each of which has a topic sentence and effective transitions to the next paragraph. 10Provided an appropriate conclusion that reinforces the paper’s main ideas.10Met the word requirement (900).10Communicated clearly using your own words for the majority of the paper with correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling throughout.10Formatted the paper in APA style throughout, including a title page, running head, headings between sections, in-text citations, and a References page.10Total:100
